Spring-wheel.



1%. 759,638. PATENTED MAY 10, 1904. e. M. DE SAINT LEGER.

SPRING WHEEL. APPLIOATION FILED AUG.18, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

fizpmr 7 UNITED STATES Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SPRING-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,638, dated May 10, 1904.

Application filed August 18, 1903. Serial No. 169,878. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE MAXIMILIAN DE SAINT Leena, merchant, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at 17 Maxilla Gardens, North Kensington, London W. England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in spring-wheels for motor-cars, carriages, cycles, or any other vehicles in use for light or heavy transports or purposes and comprises a spring-wheel which has arranged within an annular space between the suitablyenlarged nave and the axle-journal a series of springs for the purpose of supporting the weight of the carriage and to soften the shocks thereof.

For better illustrating my invention 1 have represented the same in the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 show a spring-wheel with my improvements in an elevational and crosssectional View.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, a is the rigidlymounted axle-journal, which is surrounded by an externally-grooved ring 0, forming the bearing for the suitably-enlarged nave b, which latter [its snugly into the annular groove of the said ring 0. Pivots (Z and d are provided in a radial line oppositely to each other on the inner circumference of ring 0 and on the axle a, respectively, for pivoting thereto S shaped flat springs, which are adapted to support the vertically-loaded axle (see the arrow in Fig. 1) from below and on both sides thereof and to receive and soften the shocks thereon.

Having now particularly described my invention, I claim- In a spring-wheel, the combination of a rigidly-mounted axlejournal, an externallygrooved ring concentrically surrounding said axle-journal, springs connecting said axlejournal and ring so as to support said journal, a nave-ring fitting into the said grooved ring turnable thereon, a felly concentrically surrounding said nave-ring and spokes between said nave-ring and folly, substantially as described.

GUS'IAVE :llIAXIllIILIAN DE SAINT lilll-l-Elt.

W'itnesses:

FREDK. L. RAND, ALFRED NUTTING. 

